Settlement Officer Warning
Oct 18th 2018, 7:50 am
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Settlement Officer Warning
Hello
I’m hoping someone knows something about this. I was awarded a 190 permanents resisdents visa back in 2014 for Canberra. Due to family illness i haven’t been able to take up permanent residence yet. I have until October next year and I plan on using it. The settlement office is saying if she doesn’t hear back from me in 7 days she will inform home office and my record will be closed. Does this mean by visa is cancelled or what? I’ll include the email below in case it makes anymore sense. Thanks I’m advance for any help. Trevor
”Dear Trevor,
On 9/10/2014 you were granted a 190 visa nominated by the ACT which meant that on permanent arrival in Australia you made a commitment to live/work in Canberra.
I note from the Home Affairs records that you are currently ‘offshore’ and I have had no record of you informing me that you have moved to Canberra. Please provide the following details:
When did you arrive permanently n Australia?
Where are you living?
Did you reside in Canberra at any time between 9/10/2014 – 18/10/2018?
If you have not yet made your permanent move to Canberra please let me know if it is still your intention to arrive before 9/10/2019.
If I don’t hear from you within 7 days by 25/10/2018 your record will be closed and Home Affairs informed.
Regards“
I’m hoping someone knows something about this. I was awarded a 190 permanents resisdents visa back in 2014 for Canberra. Due to family illness i haven’t been able to take up permanent residence yet. I have until October next year and I plan on using it. The settlement office is saying if she doesn’t hear back from me in 7 days she will inform home office and my record will be closed. Does this mean by visa is cancelled or what? I’ll include the email below in case it makes anymore sense. Thanks I’m advance for any help. Trevor
”Dear Trevor,
On 9/10/2014 you were granted a 190 visa nominated by the ACT which meant that on permanent arrival in Australia you made a commitment to live/work in Canberra.
I note from the Home Affairs records that you are currently ‘offshore’ and I have had no record of you informing me that you have moved to Canberra. Please provide the following details:
When did you arrive permanently n Australia?
Where are you living?
Did you reside in Canberra at any time between 9/10/2014 – 18/10/2018?
If you have not yet made your permanent move to Canberra please let me know if it is still your intention to arrive before 9/10/2019.
If I don’t hear from you within 7 days by 25/10/2018 your record will be closed and Home Affairs informed.
Regards“
Oct 18th 2018, 11:11 am
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Re: Settlement Officer Warning
Hello
I’m hoping someone knows something about this. I was awarded a 190 permanents resisdents visa back in 2014 for Canberra. Due to family illness i haven’t been able to take up permanent residence yet. I have until October next year and I plan on using it. The settlement office is saying if she doesn’t hear back from me in 7 days she will inform home office and my record will be closed. Does this mean by visa is cancelled or what? I’ll include the email below in case it makes anymore sense. Thanks I’m advance for any help. Trevor
”Dear Trevor,
On 9/10/2014 you were granted a 190 visa nominated by the ACT which meant that on permanent arrival in Australia you made a commitment to live/work in Canberra.
I note from the Home Affairs records that you are currently ‘offshore’ and I have had no record of you informing me that you have moved to Canberra. Please provide the following details:
When did you arrive permanently n Australia?
Where are you living?
Did you reside in Canberra at any time between 9/10/2014 – 18/10/2018?
If you have not yet made your permanent move to Canberra please let me know if it is still your intention to arrive before 9/10/2019.
If I don’t hear from you within 7 days by 25/10/2018 your record will be closed and Home Affairs informed.
Regards“
I’m hoping someone knows something about this. I was awarded a 190 permanents resisdents visa back in 2014 for Canberra. Due to family illness i haven’t been able to take up permanent residence yet. I have until October next year and I plan on using it. The settlement office is saying if she doesn’t hear back from me in 7 days she will inform home office and my record will be closed. Does this mean by visa is cancelled or what? I’ll include the email below in case it makes anymore sense. Thanks I’m advance for any help. Trevor
”Dear Trevor,
On 9/10/2014 you were granted a 190 visa nominated by the ACT which meant that on permanent arrival in Australia you made a commitment to live/work in Canberra.
I note from the Home Affairs records that you are currently ‘offshore’ and I have had no record of you informing me that you have moved to Canberra. Please provide the following details:
When did you arrive permanently n Australia?
Where are you living?
Did you reside in Canberra at any time between 9/10/2014 – 18/10/2018?
If you have not yet made your permanent move to Canberra please let me know if it is still your intention to arrive before 9/10/2019.
If I don’t hear from you within 7 days by 25/10/2018 your record will be closed and Home Affairs informed.
Regards“
I understand from a couple of agents that enforcement of the 190 obligation is being taken more seriously now and people not moving to the sponsoring State/Territory are now at risk of having their visas cancelled
Oct 18th 2018, 2:02 pm
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Re: Settlement Officer Warning
I am unsure what the problem here, is.
She asked you if you still intended to move to Canberra before October of next year, and to let her know within seven days.
So, respond to the question, and do so within a week.
She asked you if you still intended to move to Canberra before October of next year, and to let her know within seven days.
So, respond to the question, and do so within a week.
Oct 18th 2018, 5:32 pm
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Re: Settlement Officer Warning
Well you say that they have spent money on this/me but I paid a fortune for the visa so I doubt that's the case. It's at least covered minimum, possibly even a profit for them. What I was led to believe was I'm not legally obliged to spend anytime in the ACT and that this is merely an agreement with them which I'm fairly expected to honour. To get this message suggesting, possibly, that it may be cancelled (which I still have to find out if that's the case from the case officer's wording of the email) surprised me to say the least. I am planning on going over before the deadline but it will initially be Sydney.
Oct 18th 2018, 5:34 pm
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That's not helping me, in fact it's a bit cheeky. I was only looking for advice/opinions on this not for you to be cheeky :-(
Oct 18th 2018, 9:18 pm
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Re: Settlement Officer Warning
How is it "cheeky"? Carcajou gave you advice. Answer the question asked in the time frame given. It's not difficult .
As for the costing money thing, yes ACT did spend money on you. Your visa fee goes to the federal government. Your sponsorship was by the territory which maintains a department to recruit and sponsor people who intend to live and work and contribute to the territory. So yes, it does cost ACT money.
As for the costing money thing, yes ACT did spend money on you. Your visa fee goes to the federal government. Your sponsorship was by the territory which maintains a department to recruit and sponsor people who intend to live and work and contribute to the territory. So yes, it does cost ACT money.
Oct 18th 2018, 9:31 pm
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Re: Settlement Officer Warning
Surely if you reply back saying that yes you intend to be there before 9/10/2019, your options will remain open. Why risk the visa being cancelled prematurely?
Oct 19th 2018, 3:48 am
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Well you say that they have spent money on this/me but I paid a fortune for the visa so I doubt that's the case. It's at least covered minimum, possibly even a profit for them. What I was led to believe was I'm not legally obliged to spend anytime in the ACT and that this is merely an agreement with them which I'm fairly expected to honour. To get this message suggesting, possibly, that it may be cancelled (which I still have to find out if that's the case from the case officer's wording of the email) surprised me to say the least. I am planning on going over before the deadline but it will initially be Sydney.
By accepting a 190 you are making a commitment to live in ACT for 2 years at least. You have just stated on the open forum that you intend to go to Sydney, so you are not even attempting to keep to your end of the agreement. If you did not intent to move to ACT why did you take a place that could have gone to someone else with slightly better ideas about sticking to the rules?
Now whether you believe me or not, I don't really care, but it has been reported recently by at least two reputable migration agents that people are being questioned about why they broke the agreement, and their visas are at risk of cancellation.The view of these agents is that at long last the department s going to start enforcing the rules on the 190.
Oct 19th 2018, 3:50 am
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Well you say that they have spent money on this/me but I paid a fortune for the visa so I doubt that's the case. It's at least covered minimum, possibly even a profit for them. What I was led to believe was I'm not legally obliged to spend anytime in the ACT and that this is merely an agreement with them which I'm fairly expected to honour. To get this message suggesting, possibly, that it may be cancelled (which I still have to find out if that's the case from the case officer's wording of the email) surprised me to say the least. I am planning on going over before the deadline but it will initially be Sydney.
Oct 19th 2018, 4:29 am
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Re: Settlement Officer Warning
Obtaining a 190 with no intent of honouring the moral obligation has always been visa fraud and could give rise to cancellation of the visa. These days, that is being enforced more.
Oct 19th 2018, 4:56 am
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Re: Settlement Officer Warning
If you're not going to ACT, tell them, don't lie, it'll catch up with you in the end. Draw a line under ACT and start again with a visa application to NSW if you want to live in Sydney. It definitely sounds like the days of the moral obligation meaning bugger all are now over which is a good thing.
Oct 19th 2018, 7:34 am
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Re: Settlement Officer Warning
The State/Territory has to pay for the sponsorship and for the processing of that sponsrship. YOU have to ay for the processing of your visa.
By accepting a 190 you are making a commitment to live in ACT for 2 years at least. You have just stated on the open forum that you intend to go to Sydney, so you are not even attempting to keep to your end of the agreement. If you did not intent to move to ACT why did you take a place that could have gone to someone else with slightly better ideas about sticking to the rules?
Now whether you believe me or not, I don't really care, but it has been reported recently by at least two reputable migration agents that people are being questioned about why they broke the agreement, and their visas are at risk of cancellation.The view of these agents is that at long last the department s going to start enforcing the rules on the 190.
By accepting a 190 you are making a commitment to live in ACT for 2 years at least. You have just stated on the open forum that you intend to go to Sydney, so you are not even attempting to keep to your end of the agreement. If you did not intent to move to ACT why did you take a place that could have gone to someone else with slightly better ideas about sticking to the rules?
Now whether you believe me or not, I don't really care, but it has been reported recently by at least two reputable migration agents that people are being questioned about why they broke the agreement, and their visas are at risk of cancellation.The view of these agents is that at long last the department s going to start enforcing the rules on the 190.
Oct 19th 2018, 9:31 am
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Re: Settlement Officer Warning
Ok so I see some people on this forum are just rude, you are the second person to be rude to me when I was only asking for advice. Read my comments again, I said I was “initially” going over to Sydney. I would like a holiday there before starting my time in the ACT. There was no need to be rude!
Accusing someone of being rude when they're not is unhelpful and stops very helpful, very knowledgeable people offering support to the detriment of the person asking the question and the Board as a whole.
Thanks.
Oct 19th 2018, 10:35 am
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Ok so I see some people on this forum are just rude, you are the second person to be rude to me when I was only asking for advice. Read my comments again, I said I was “initially” going over to Sydney. I would like a holiday there before starting my time in the ACT. There was no need to be rude!
Oct 19th 2018, 11:22 am
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